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O'Neil seeks support from Hall Council by Bob Varretone Staff Reporter
Tom O'N eil, Observer Edi tor-ill Chief, asked the hall presi dents to support the proposed Observer fee increase at last night's HPC meeting in M orrissey Hall.
O'Neil responded to the anony mous posters which claim ed the Observer didn't deserve the in crease.The posters charged that the Observer has w asted its exist ing money on high salaries, parties and mism anagem nent." The poster is full of things that are distorted and exaggerated," O'Neil said.
O'Neil explained w here the salary money w ent and he added that salary costs have been cut by $7,000 from last year.He said that Observer parties are th e only way he can pay back reporters and production workers who work for free.
O 'Neil reported to the HPC the results of an audit which showed the Observer would lose over $18,000 this sem ester.He said much of this total is the result of a debt which has accum ulated over the last three years.
The University co signed a loan to keep the Observer going this sem ester, he added.But O'Neil urged the HPC to support a petition which would allow the Observer to raise its subscription rates for next year." If we do not get the increase," O'Neil said," w e'regoing to have to cut down the num ber of publica tions or close down next year altogether." O'Neil was asked how much money could be saved this year by publishing only three tim es a week.
" I think absolutely none will be sav ed," O'Neil said." In the long run you'll have savings, but not imm ediately.
You still have xam ount of advertising for x-amount of p ag e s." The HPC also heard Mike Gassman, student body president, re port the results of the LaFortune student center survey." Nearly everyone thought LaFor tune was used well as space for student governm ent and publica tio n s," G assm an reported, " but less thhn 10 percent thought it's been used to advantage for social space and recreation." G assm an said almost 95 percent of the students w anted laundry m achines in LaFortune.He also said 80 percent favored the instal lation of some sort of 24 hour bank machine.O ther ideas th at students sug gested, G assm an said, w ere to open a 24-hour coffeehouse and also a bowling alley.
G assm an said sketches of some proposals for LaFortune will eventually be brought to Bro.Ju st Paczesny, vice-president of student affairs.
M em bers of th e SLC also report ed th a t Paczesny had tu rn ed down their proposal to renovate th e Red Barn, an old house located n ear D -l parking lot.Charles M oran, rep re senting the SLC, had offered Paczesny a plan to renovate th e Red Barn so that it could be used for social space and sum m er storage space.
K athy K ane, president of W alsh, read a letter from Paczesny which gave seven reasons for the rejec tion.Paczesny's reply was on behalf of all the officers of the University.
Paczesny said the Red Barn was in deplorable condition.He said it would take $201,000 to restore.
" Summer storage for student furniture,"P aczesn y 'sletter added, " is a luxury that the University In W atergate suit

Lawyers settle with Cubans
WASHINGTON AP -Lawyers for fo rm e r P re s id e n t R ich a rd M. Nixon's 1972 cam paign fund have agreed to pay $200,000 in an out-of-court legal settlem ent to four men recruited for the original W atergate burglary." This settlem ent provides w hat we have been saying along, that the Cubans were tricked into participating in the W atergate en tries," their lawyer, Daniel Schultze,-said Tuesday.
The civil case had been sched uled to go on trial Thursday before U .S .D is tric t J u d g e C h a rle s Richey.
The original lawsuit filed by B e rn a rd L. B a rk e r, E u g en io M artinez Virgilio Gonzolez and Frank Sturgis asked $2 million dollars in dam ages, mainly from former officials of the 1972 Com m ittee to Re-elect the President.
" The only drawback is that people will never know the full story of the C ubans," he said." For people to really grasp the full reason they believed w hat they did you have to see the CIA records." H unt knew the Cubans from his CIA days.He recruited three of the four men for the 1971 break-in by th e W hite House plum bers against Daniel E llsberg's psychiatrist, Then later, he again asked them for help on the W atergate burglary.But Schultze said the CIA records would show far m ore than their earlier association with Hunt.He would not elaborate, citing the secret classification of the records, which would have been made public in court.
In its last report filed with the Federal Election Commission, the Liquidiation Trust showed a bal ance if $1.2 million.
The $50,000 settlem ent for each of the Miami men will come from th at balance, Schultze said.The agreem ent was reached over the weekend.
H unt had been scheduled for release on parole on W ednesday, in tim e to appear as a witness in the civil trial.He had served enough of a 30-month to 8-year term for his p art in the original break-in to qualify for parole and release from the federal prison camp at Eglin AFB in Florida.
H u n t's release will leave only Liddy am ong the original W ater gate defendants still in prison.He is serving a six-year, eight-month to 20-years term after refusing to plead guilty and going to trial.
The seventh defendant, Jam es W. McCord J r ., served four months and now lives in Fort Collins, Colo.
In a subsequent W atergate trial, four senior Nixon adm inistration officials including Mitchell were convicted of joining a conspiracy to cover up the original break-in.
Among them , only former W hite House aide John D. Ehrlichm an is currently in prison.

SMC Board of Regents meet by Brigid Rafferty
Construction progress of the new athletic facility, budget changes for th e 1977-78 academ ic year, and the approval of honorary degree recipients were among the issues discussed at the St. M ary's College Board of Regents m eeting held Feb.18-19 on campus.
According to Dr. John M. D uggan, College president, the Building Com mittee reported that construction is three months behind schedule, due to w eather conditions and m aterial delays, but that the building will be ready for use in th e sum m er.Over $1 million of the building's $1.8 million budget has been raised to date.
W e're planning a ceremony on May 1 as a dedication, to coincide with the community open house th e n ," added D uggan." It will be something for this y ear's seniors to participate in.The official dedication of the building will be held during S eptem ber." The Finance Committee presented a five-year financial forecast of projected income and5 expenses of the College, and approved the budget for next year." It calls for faculty salary increases, which will average 7.5 percent, and increases in fee s," stated Duggan.
Tuition will rise $150, while room and board will increase $70.There will be a combined activityrecreation fee of $50 per sem ester, which will be applied tow ard recreational operating expenses, equipm ent, and th e salary of an athletic director, who will supervise intram ural and recreation sports and be responsible for athletic facility activities.Duggan concluded th at the College's financial situation for this year is " extrem ely good." The board approved the bestow ing of honorary degrees for the Most Reverend William E.

Regents meet
Nominations for Saint M ary's student body president, vice presi dent for academic affairs and vice-president for student affairs will open M arch 7 and extend through March 11.
"T he election is being run no differently than last y ea r,'' said Maria-Lisa M ignanelli, election commissioner." There are slight revisions in the rules, but these are ju st a few things being explained," Mignanelli said.
Mignanelli offered no explana tion for the apathy shown in past elections, but voiced hope th at this year will be different, " I know its been on a lot of kids' m inds," Mignanelli explained.The O bserver is a m em b e r of the Associated Press All reproduction rights are reserved involvement in governm ent as signs that more students will participate in the election."T his year people know more about student governm ent and this will h elp ," Mignanelli claimed.
Platforms are due on m idnight, March 11 to Mignanelli, in 506 LeMans.
Cam paigning will run from March 21 through M arch 27, concluding with the election on M arch 28.Any student who has attained second sem ester sopho more status is eligible and tran s fers m ust be in their second sem ester at St. M ary's.For further information, contact M aria-Lisa Mignanelli at 4902.
The election of hall officers, InPIRG representatives and Stu dent Assembly representatives will be held later in April.The newly elected student governm ent offi cers will make appointm ents to the positions of election commissioner, developm ent commissioner, ju d i cial commissioner and social com m issioner.

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An information session for inter ested students will be held soon.He also presented some favorable im pressions of the Rome program of study to the board.
The reorganization of staff in the office of Student Affairs, and description of types of services provided was explained to the Student Life Com mittee of the board by Dr. K athleen Rice, dean of students.
Reports on work by the commit tees of the Academic Council in the areas of liberal arts in the core requirem ents, the intellectual cli m ate, faculty governance, basic skills, and the Catholic and wo m en 's dimensions of St. M ary's College were also given.The board approved D uggan's recom m enda tions for faculty tenure.
The future of the college " is excellent," with enrollm ent at its highest, D uggan stated after a discussion by the board on nine proposals regarding St. M ary's future, including continuing to improve faculty quality, rem aining a w omen's college of approxi m ately its sam e size, and increas ing scholarship funds to diversify the student body.
" W e're trying to improve the quality of social life h ere ," rem ark ed Duggan.
" W e w ant more events to take place on this campus of a social n atu re ." Get petitions for SLC until Feb. 24 Petitions for Student Life Council (SLC) will be accepted at the O m budsm an office till 11:00 p.m ., Thursday, February 24.
One hundred signatures are required for eligibility.Blank petitions are available at the Student Govern m ent offices on the second floor of LaFortune.All candidates are also requested to call Gregg Bangs, Political Editor of the O bserver, at 1650 before th at tim e.If unable to do so, there will be a m eeting at 11:30 p.m .th at Thursday to write cam paign sum m aries.

ERRATUM
In the ELO concert ticket line story in yesterday's O bserver, John Rooney, adm inistrative assistant to the Student Union ticket manager, was incorrectly nam ed as one of who students who had started a second ticket line.
The student who actually began the second line before noon M on day, was John Smith, along with Tom H allett, as stated in the article.Rooney was acting as a Student Union representative at the tim e, and was not waiting in line for tickets.In addition to a developm ent sem inar for all regents, in which techniques for fund-raising were explained, a liturgy for the regents, involving students, was held dur ing th e weekend.
" It was a 'Celebration Liturgy' " , stated D uggan, " To thank God for the blessings th at have been bestow ed on St. M ary's College each regent also had a student hostess who took him to lunch with other students.A student reception for the board m em bers was held after the lit u rg y ." The board passed a resloution thanking stu d en ts for the success of the m eeting week end.
The 27 m em bers of the Board of Regents, who include the president of the College, one faculty m em ber, one student, sisters of the .Holy Cross, the president of the alum nae association, and various lay people, are given the responsi bility of overseeing the operation of the College in accordance with its goal and philosophy.
The next m eeting of the Board is May 13 and Accounting

By Appointment Only
Call 284 -4141  On th is p ag e are th e platform s of all 9 ca n d id a tes for next y e a r's SBP and SBVP at N otre D am e, as rep o rted by th e Observer political staff.P lacem en t of th e sto rie s on th e p ag e w as absolutely random .In fairn ess to all th e ca n d id a tes, no photos w ere ru n , since p ictu res of two of th e tickets w ere not available.As th e d e b a te s, an d th en th e election, p ro g re ss in th e n ear fu tu re, w atch for th e se ev en ts to be rep o rted on p ag e 3 of The Observer.

Talbot Hughes by Gregg B. Bangs Political Editor
The ticket of John Talbot and Jim Hughes believes Student Govern m ent m ust be the overall coordina tor of all cam pus activities and program s, because it gathers infor mation from all over campus and can use this information to make all sponsored activities a success.
They think the present Student Government adm inistration is inef fective because of a lack of coopera tion and inability to work together on the parts of Student Govern m ent and Student Union, and because of squabbles within Stu dent Government itself.
However, they feel the present structure of the organization itself is sound and can be brought around to become an efficient body.The formation of any more decision making bodies would ju st form more red tape and provide even less representation of the student body, according to the two.
Presidential Candidate Talbot is a junior residing in Dillon Hall and has been involved with th at hall's governm ent in a num bef of posi tions.Runningm ate Jim H ughes, also a junior, is presently secretary of Grace Hall.In their platform.
Talbot and H ughes raise four major points: 1) Judicial-A lthough Du Lac s ta te s th a t c a m p u s v io la tio n s should be considered by a campus or hall j-board unless the student chooses to go to his rector or the dean of students, Talbot claims " this is not the procedure going through now.G etting responsible

Mclver by Patrick Cole Senior Staff Reporter
The student body president and vice-president ticket of Valerie Hardy and Deborah M clver hopes to make Student Governm ent a " dynamic, relevant and efficient force." H ardy, a resident of Breen-Phillips, said she hopes to create an atm osphere th at will change the purpose, value and direction of the Notre Dame student body." We believe the student body is too self-centered," she said.
" We wish to change this, then re-evalu ate the structures of Student Gov ernm ent with concrete additions and deletions to th at stru ctu re." " And th a t will hopefully make it more professional and efficient," H ardy added.
The two candidates stressed making Notre Dame a " reflection of the universe" by encouraging a g reater involvement, aw areness and interest by students in the outside world.
" The Student Governm ent is very isolated," said M clver, a junior from Thomasville, Ga., and a resident of Breen-Phillips." We feel the priorities we express also express our lives.Students should also be concerned with world issu es." Hardy believed th a t the under graduate college experience is becoming " a m eans to an economic end, rath er than as a total learning and growing experience.M iranda and his running mate, Bob Clinton, are suggesting the possibility of direct phone lines to the SBP." W e w ant to start at the top with the president, not have problem s filter up from the bottom ," M iranda said." By the tim e they g et up to the top som etim es it's too la te ." M iranda said! he would like to see Student Government become sm aller and more efficient.
A review of the commissions would be in order and unnecessary com missions could be elim inated." But we don't w ant change for the sake of chance," he stressed.
Improved communications was another area M iranda em phasized, citing relations with halls, with the Administration and with indivi duals as areas th a t need work.Clinton m entioned the posssibility of publishing a Student Govern m ent new sletter about four tim es a year.M iranda also pointed out th a t increased com munications b e tw een various cam pus organiza tions could minimize the schedul ing of conflicting events.
M iranda is also concerned with the problem of social space on cam pus and would favor the estab-

Russell Geppert by Gregg B. Bangs Political Editor
Three of the major planks of Student Body Presidential Candi date j .P. Russell and running m ate John G eppert are: the revitalization of Student Govern ment, the developm ent of actionoriented social life and g reater visibility of Student Government.
" The way I look at Student G overnm ent i$ th at there is a problem of in p u t," Russell said." It's a m atter 6f doing a good job with w hat's th e re ."To help the revitalization of Student Govern ment, Russell plans to utilize the HPC as a tool of communication betw een Student Government and students.Russell would then use this tool as an " input on campuswide concerns to aid the SLC in their position as a legislative council and consultative body," according to their platform.
The ticket would institute zero ■base budgeting for the purpose of ensuring g reater accountability of S tu d e n t U nion s p e n d in g , an d would avoid the establishm ent of w hat they call " an unnecessary and cum bersom e Student S en ate." Russell, a junior residing in Holy Cross Hall, has extensive experi ence in Student Government.He is currently HPC chairm an and has a seat on the Student Government Board of Com missioners.He has also served as P resident of Holy Cross and chairm an of the F resh man Advisory Council.
G eppert is a junior who lives in Dillon Hall w here he has served the past year as vice-president.He has

Soma by Patrick Cole Senior Staff Reporter
" Tom and I, from talking to groups on cam pus, feel that student governm ent is not m ean ingful to students right now ." Emphasizing more com munica tion betw een the Student Union and Student Government, David Bender and Tom Soma are running for student bjidy president and vice-president, Respectively.
" Basically, we found that the Student Government doesn't mean a whole lot to people," said Soma, a sophomore from W estland, Mich, and resident i i Pangborn." We would like to create some channels to make it more m eaningful." One of those tactics th at the Bender-Soma ticket is stressing is a c o m p la in t a g e n cy an d w eekly forum.The complaint agency will be staffed by ten to fifteen people who " will ■ investigate student problem s." Bender talked about the weekly forum, saying, " W hen a student has a plan or idea, he usually takes it to the hall presi dent, and that takes a couple of w eeks." " For the weekly fo ru m ," Bender continued, " we would invite all ca m p u s m e d ia--T h e O bserver, W SN D -and students who w ant to come.If people feel w e're not doing the job, the m edia is there to watch our accountability." Bender and Soma also have called for the reorganization of the Student Life Council (SLC).According to their platform sta te m ent, the SLC " no longer deals student life."

Hohman Bartlett by Gregg B. Bangs Political Editor
Rich Hohman and Jeff Bartlett feel student governm ent is spread ing itself too thin this year and plan to establish a simple organization if elected next year.
" For the lim ited resources they have, student governm ent is con centrating on too many things and not g e ttin g a n y th in g d o n e ," Hohman said in an interview held last night." We would establish a simple organization that would be in control of resources and activi ties.Events wquld be well planned out and they woiuld be run efficient ly ," he added.jPresidential Candidate Hohman and R unning-M ateBartlett are both juniors who livq off-campus.They are m em bers of the Sorin-7, who were thrown off-campus last sem ester by Dean of Students Jam es Roemer.Although both of them plan to devote as much i tim e as possible to their cam paign, they adm itted last night th at a lot of their tim e will be spent at the Bengal Bouts, where both are contestants." W e've been training for the last six weeks and w ant to see it th ro u g h ," said Bartlett." D epending on how beat up we are after Sunday, we plan to cam paign heavily on M onday and T uesday," Hohman added.
N either of the two propose any set propositions.
Instead, they plan to run a survey som etim e in March before they would take office to see w hat students were interested in." We would rather get behind two or th ree major

Ricci Eck by Katie Kerwin Political Reporter
K en n R icci, c a n d id a te for student body president (SBP), is presenting a three-part program of w hat he prom ises to do if elected, focusing on gathering student support, keeping the adm inistra tion in check and reorganizing Student Government.
" To become more effective, Student Government m ust reach out for student Concerns and ideas and not wait for students to come to u s ," Ricci said.He has proposed a system of hall representatives whose sole responsibility would be to serve as a liaison betw een students in th eit dorms and the SBVP.
Ricci also suggested th at a column in the Observer could serve as a forum for stu d en ts' questions and reactions and for Student G overnm ent's responses.
Ricci and his running mate, M ark Eck, prom ise to visit every hall at least once a sem ester as a p art of the plan to increase com m unication and participation.
Secondly, Ricci said he will lobby on behalf of the students with the Adm inistration.
He com mented th at his work as director of S tudent Union has given him experience in this area.
M a in ta in in g th a t w ith th e support of the student body his voice will have g reater ^influence, Ricci said th at he will seek a " more lenient alcohol policy," attem pt a revitalization of the University Judicial Board, work to advance coeducation through a small-scale

Further Explanation of Our Petition
^=^^=========^=== fhomas one// The posters put up around campus yesterday have challenged The Observer's claim to needing an increase in student fees in order to continue publishing.The posters say The Qbserver can solve its problem s ju st by learning to live within its m eans.This is false and misleading.
The Observer has been in fin ancial trouble for years, but we have m anaged to keep going despite deficit spending and a drop in advertising revenues.Because of the difficulties it would entail, we have not asked for a subscrip tion increase since 1973, before the current round of inflation sparked by the oil hikes.However, with our operating deficit expected to run as high as $18,000 this year, accord ing to University Auditor Louis Cohen, our alternatives are 1) to print on a less-than-daily basis, 2) to close down entirely, or 3) to ask for an increase.
W e naturally decided on the increase and approached the ad m inistration about the procedure to get it.W e were asked to get the ap p ro v a l of th e m a jo rity of students.Thus the petitions are being circulated around cam pus.
The author(s) of the posters were neither brave enough nor confident enough of their own charges to even sign their nam es.N onethe less they charge that The Observer can make ends m eet by elim inating " wasteful spending."We believe there is very little " w aste" in our spending.
The claim th a t we spend $2,000 per week in student salaries is false.
The Observer is both a business and a service.Salaries m ust be paid to our business personnel: bookkeeper-secretary, typists, business m anager and a d v e rtis in g s a le s p e o p le -a ll of whom work exclusively for their salaries.We can hardly expect someone to type until dawn for the love and glory of Notre Dame-St.M ary's.Nor can we expect our bookkeeper-secretary, a wife and m other, to work for the sheer joy of keeping records.They m ust ne cessarily be paid.Our total salary expense is approxim ately $1200 p er week.We cut salary expenses for last sem ester by $7000 com pared to the sam e period last year.Any further possible cuts would am ount to very little.
The services end of our operation includes the bulk of our staff but only a small part of the salary expense.Those with editorial and m a n a g e m e n t r e s p o n s i b l i t i e s receive a token salary ranging from $8 to $15 per week.Our reporters, columnists and lay-out staffs are unpaid, despite long hours of faithful work.As their only reward The Observer gives them a staff party at the end of each sem ester, much like the parties held by the O m budsm an and other campus groups for their volunteers.
A nother charge on the poster is that we have more than $40,000 due to us in uncollected advertising revenues.As of this writing the correct figure is $10,319.68.About $3000 of this has been owed for less than 30 days, the standard pay m ent period.
The rem aining $7000 is in

TEXAS
ii 'The fire behind the oil well?Why, that's where we bum off the natural gas -it's great for lighting cigars!" accounts which, because of fin ancial or legal troubles, are very difficult to collect soon.We are taking several cases to small claims court and will take more.W e have enlisted an attorney to pursue especially difficult cases.But possible revenue from this source is too little and too uncertain to get the paper out of its troubles.
A nother claim is that " food and drink flow freely" at The Observer office.Often, because of the late hours we work, people bring up food and drink.If anyone needs refreshm ents during a long evening of work he buys his own.
The charge th at the van is used for personal purposes is based on fact, b ut exaggerated.This was done on a large scale in the past and is still done occasionally now.As S tu d e n t G o v e rn m e n t an d Student Union discovered last year, a student organization's van will som etim es by used by the students who volunteer to do th a t organiza tion's work.That is inevitable, but we have sharply curtailed and controlled personal use of The Observer van this year and re quired th at the user pay for the gas.
So the claims m ade by our anonymous opponents, while loose ly based on fact, are inaccurate.We wonder why anyone concerned with the tru th of the m atter would make such charges without check ing them and taking credit for them .We do not expect to get the rate increased unopposed, b u t we hope the opposition is at least open and fair.

Tully Addresses Senior
Dear Editor: An Open Letter to the Senior Class This letter is not w ritten in opposition to th e people w anting a rebate from the Senior Class trip.Rather, I wish to explain to them and to the rest of the class exactly why we decided the way we did in this m atter.First, let me say that from the beginning the decisions w ere m ade in the open m eetings and there was no " cover-up." Last year you elected us as your class officers to run the class the best possible way.You elected us to play and sponsor events th at you could attend or not attend whic ever you preferred.All activities are planned for the Senior Class as a whole and not for the belefit of ju st a few th a t might attend.All projects are planned on a break even basis to offer the lowest possible price so th at everyone may have the opportunity to participate.
Everything, both losses and pro fits are absorbed by the class a a whole, not ju st by those who through their own choice decided to participate.There are only two projects the entire year th at are planned to m ake money.One: The hot dog stands before football g a m e s (p ro fit, a p p ro x im a te ly $6.00), Two: A movie bid (profit, approxim ately $480).I'm not sure if the people realize how much it costs to run the class.
Not counting social events let me list for you a few expenses th at cost the class money.
Advertising costs, $160; Senior Fellow (so far, which by the way there is no way of charging Seniors for, $290; D eath march, $20; Senior Retreat, $78, and telephone bills, $20.Now, even though we plan events at a break even basis, some have lost money.The Senior picnic (which to my knowledge everyone had a g reat time) lost $1,000; the Christm as party at Studebaker ansion lost approxim ately $600; the Senior W om en's Dinner lost about $300.
All these things are optional, some lost money because not e n o u g h p eo p le p a rtic ip a te d .O thers like the Senior W om en's Dinner, we partly subsidized, b e cause we thought $7.00 was a lot of money to ask of the Senior Women as it was.the Senior Picnic lost money because people w anted more food and beer.So our losses are not ones of m ism anagem ent, but of wanting Seniors to enjoy their Senior year, at minimal cost.
This sem ester we are planning various events for Seniors.The big event of the sem ester, of course, is the Senior formal.The formal as you know is to be at the Conrad Hilton in Chicago.(The reason for this is th at we w anted anyone who wished to attend to be able to).The cost of the formal is going to be around $20,000.So far we are trying to keep the price betw een $33/$35 a couple, some people w ere worried about being left out because of no transportation, so we re providing buses.But right now th ey 're a little too expensive ($9 a couple).We were hoping to su b s id iz e tr a n s p o r ta tio n an d charge only $5.00 a couple.
Senior Week will cost the class over $2,000.
We w anted to subsidize th a t so Seniors w ouldn't be burdened with costs th at late in the year.(Graduation fees alone are around $28).
We took all of this into considera tion plus the fact we really felt the money w as rebated to the class, not to individuals.It's this view we took as class officers th a t resulted in our controversial decision.

Another Letter Rapping
Dear Editor: This is yet another letter w ritten in reference to the Senior Trip.
I attended the poorly publicized St. M ary's Senior Trip m eeting only to be quite disillusioned with my elected officials.
P resident Cindy Calahan has stated th a t the $2,000.00or $15.00 p er person should be donated to the Senior Class because it was a senior function, she stated th a t they did not intend to make money on the trip, th at it was ju st a lucky accident.
A nother reason for keeping the rebate in the Treasury was that everytim e a senior function is held if losses do occur they do not collect from each individual to absorb this cost.However, the fact rem ains that only a lim ited num ber of seats were alotted for St. M ary's stu dents, hence limiting the num ber of participants.This is not a " class" function b ut rather an " individual" choice of w hether or not to spend $246.00 to go to California.
Functions such as graduation cocktail parties and Senior picnics encom pass the en tire " class." Therefore, as a m em ber of the senior class and an individual participant of the Cali fornia Trip I hope other individuals will sign the petition for the $15.00 rebate money by W ednesday.

Lew
[continued from page 3] W ithout effective support among the students, the SBP's actions not only lack backing, but are also pointless, he said.
Lew also criticized the system of appointments of all commmission chairmen and subordinate officers by the SBP, which he m aintains leads to a bureaucracy th a t is 'elitist' and that m isses a large part of the talent available on campus.
Lew emphasizes that although he would not impose his ideas upon the student body, he is not lacking in vision or is ideas.His sugges tions include an elevation in the status of the Hall P resident's Council (HPC).To avoid the risk of elitism, Lew says he will not make commission appointm ents, but all interested students will be asked to apply to the HPC.All appoint m ents will be subject to HPC approval and the SBP will have one vote in the Council.Lew said this type of recruitm ent aims at bring ing in people from a wider field, encompassing those whose talents have gone untapped in the past.
He stated that the first step in the re-evaluation and restructuring process would be a sort of open constitutional convention to set down a statem ent of beliefs, expec tations and goals for the student community.
This constitution would be intended as an organic and adaptable docum ent and would be subject to approval by a student referendum .
The next step would be " to make Student Government fit the needs and to tailor it to the services desired by stu d en ts,'' Lew said." We would m arshal our resources in the direction of these goals.''

Russell
[continued from page 3] also served as Social Commissioner of that hall and has been a proxy representative to the HPC.
In regards to developing social life, Russell plans to em phasize the need for a student center facility, which could be used for dancing hall parties.Russell would like to use the Holy Cross Half-Way House as a weekend pizza parlor " to provide social facility between Notre Dame and St. M ary's College," according to his plat form.The platform also suggested further utilization of LaFortune Student Center.
Both Russell and G eppert feel S tu d e n t G o v ern m e n t le a d e rs should be more visible to the student community." I won't sit up in my office all day," Russell stated." The separate branches of governm ent can run them selves.I'm going to go out and g et as much student input as possible.A lot of good ideas come from people outside of Student Government.I'll try to find th em ," he added.
The ticket also proposed to produce a new sletter detailing Student Government activities on a week-to-week basis.
" Students deserve to know w hat's going on up th e re ," said Geppert." The new s letter idea has been kicked around for a long tim e. W e'll im plem ent it." Russell plans to deliver a State of the Campus Address at the begin ning of each sem ester as well as run a campaign of familiarity.This campaign would consist of sched uled m eetings by the SBP and the SBVP in the halls for the p u rp o se of in te ra c tin g w ith students.

Bender [continued from page 3]
" The SLC, many people feel, is no good," Bender indicated." T hat's why we want to restructure it."The two candidates announced th at if they are elected the new SLC will include three rectors from each quad, four hall social commis sioners and one representative from the Student Government.
" The social life revolves around the dorm ," Soma stated." So we want p eo p le-re cto rs-in direct con tact.Notre Dame prides itself on being a dorm school.Rectors play an im portant part.They usually don't have a chance to m eet with each o th er." The Bender-Soma platform also advocates an improvement in social space.
The candidates believe there is " a great deal of inequity betw een dorms in the am ount and quality of social sp ace."The solution lies in using the Student G overnm ent budget surplus to increase the H PC's Hall Improve m ent Fund and petitioning the University to increase funds, they said.
The platform also advocates the responsibility role of the Student Union and encourages increased cooperation with the Alumni Board and Alumni Senate.
Bender strongly recom m ends a constitu tional am endm ent to require a monthly m eeting with th e Student Union's Board of Directors and to have the Student Union Director present his calendar and budget to the HPC at the beginning of each sem ester.
" But m ost importantly, we have a balance of experience," Soma e m p h a siz e d .
Som a e n te r e d cam pus politics in 1975, being involved in the academic calendar controversy.Since April 1976 he has been a m em ber of th e Student Governm ent Cabinet.Soma was also involved in the Brown-Pig affair which allowed the farm er, George Brown, to have access to dining hall w aste and he drafted the laundry proposal th at will allow male students on cam pus to have coin-operated w ashers and dryers " by S eptem ber," according to Soma.
Bender is currently president of Sorin Hall.He worked at WSND radio station, covering Student Government.Also he em phasized his work in student activities by acting as assistant director of pep rallies since his freshm an year.
" W e're not making any wild prom ises," Soma cautioned." But w e're ju st trying to be realistic about the cam paign," Bender added." W e're pledging to carry out our platform, and we feel it's possible because it's realistic."

Talbot
[continued from page 3] people appointed to hall j-boards and reactivating th e University J-Board will be one of our main objectives," he states in his plat form.
2) Social-Talbot feels University officials realize th e need for more social space on cam pus, b ut thinks the SBP can help determ ine ju st how much and how soon the problem will be worked on.
Included in this part of the platform is a suggestion to move social activities back to the dorm and club level.Talbot would also like to see Stepan C enter used more often, possibly to draw en ter tainm ent from Chicago.He would also put out a booklet geared to organizing events.
3) O ff-cam pus-Talbot plans to bring program s such as hallm ark to off-campus students.
He would also like to set up an off-campus shuttle to " key" places, especially during the w inter months.
4) A w areness-T he two believe th a t most people are not aw are of ' 'the num erous program s and organizations designed to help th e m ," according to Talbot.Through a bi-weekly column or some other m eans, they think students should be alerted to all the opportunities open to them .
Talbot thinks he can " do a b etter job of w hat's being do n e." " A lot of people will try to cut me down for lack of experience.I alm ost see th a t as an asset for I haven't risen above the students.A lot of people encouraged me to run and say I can do the job.I think I can help the stu d en ts," he com m ented.

Ricci
[continued from page 3] housing experim ent, and try to get m ore b u s in e s s a d m in is tra tio n classes opened to non-business majors.
Reorganization of Student Gov ernm ent to increase its effective ness is Ricci's third goal.He said he would like to see the Board of Commissioners assum e a greater role in coordinating the activities and goals of Student Government, Student Life Council and Hall Presidents Council, all of whom are represented on the board.The SLC should be maintained and its role enlarged, Ricci stated.
Ricci and Eck stressed their qualifications for the offices they are seeking, saying th a t they have both had valuable experience in policy-making and working with large num bers of people.Ricci said he feels th at his campus-wide experience, com bined with Eck's hall-level experience as president of Planner, offer th e b est altern ative for the students.
Ricci pledged, in addition, that he will rem ain on cam pus this sum m er to im plem ent proposals decided on during the academic year.He specifically mentioned renovation of Nazz facilities and im provem ent of social space in the halls.
" The essential role of the SBP is feeling student interests and con veying them to the A dm inistra tio n ," Ricci concluded.

Miranda
[continued from page 3] lishm ent of a gathering place to facilitate social interaction for stu dents, faculty and parents in an informal atm osphere.
M iranda said th at som ething along the line of a pizza parlor could be looked into.He said improved hall social space would also be a goal of his adm inistration, he would confer with rectors, hall councils and individual students on the m atter, if elected.
A nother major issue in his platform is the " readjustm ent of visiting h o u rs," M iranda said." W e don't w ant to force anything on stu d e n ts," he said, in regard to th a t issue.
He added th at an attem p t to listen to student opinion would be m ade and th at they would try to work out a " middle-of-theroad" arrangem ent th a t would satisfy everyone.
M iranda and Clinton both stres sed the im portance of having all students participate in the elec tions, urging all students to exer cise their right to vote.

Hohman
[continued from page 3] efforts and pursue them instead of spreading ourselves too th in ," Hohman explained.
" W e're not politicians.We don't have a stand on every issue, but we are interested in making a smooth organization out of student g overnm ent," Hohman said." The basic idea (of student government) is sound.We w ant to smooth it out and stay away from a formal hierarchy.
We want to make student governm ent a service or ganization for the stu d e n ts," he continued.
Although W hatever form the stim ulus package takes, the aim is the same: to get money into the hands of consum ers in the hope the spend ing will stim ulate the economy, and to create jobs with direct federal spending for public-works con struction and tem porary govern m ent funded jobs.
Here are the em ergency spend ing proposals envisioned by the budget am endm ents adopted by the Senate.The figures are for spending through Sept. 30 only, even though the Senate included authorizations for future vears.
$300 million to help needy per sons pay their fuel bills in areas hardest hit by the unusually bitter winter.Details of this program are yet to be worked out.
$600 million for increased aid to states, cities and counties to help replace tax revenues lost becuase WASHINGTON AP -The Senate voted yesterday to fatten President C arter's economic-stimulus pro gram of tax cuts and federal spending amid growing opposition to his proposed $50-per-person tax rebate.
By a vote of 72 to 20, senators added $1.7 billion to the $15.5 billion stimulus plan recom m ended by C arter for the period that ends next Sept 30.
The vote does not represent an endorsem ent of C arter's much-cri ticized $50-per-person tax rebate; it m eans only that if the rebate is aproved, the budget will accom modate it.
The vote was on w hether to am end the budget for the current fiscal year to allow a stim ulus package costing up to $17.

Experimental research finds no constitutional protection
$400 million in added spending for such public-works construction p ro je c ts as c o u rt-h o u s e s an d schools.
Authorization for such spending over the next several years would be increased by $4 billion.
$700 million for public-service jobs in hospitals, jails, parks, etc. in areas of high unem ployment.
C urrent law provides money for 310.000 such jobs, the Senate action would raise the num ber to 600.000 in the next seven months, the economic package envisions 725.000 jobs next year.
$600 million to expand training and jobs for program s aimed at the young and the old.
$300 million to reim burse cities and counties for construction of c e rta in w a te r-p o llu tio n co n tro l facilities.The aim is to prevent layoffs by local governm ents.$200 million for railroad and highway construction.
$300 million for improving out door recreational facilities, thus creating jobs in the national park, forest and wildlife services.I call Tom (283) 6 5 5 5 1 DENVER (AP) -A law profes sor told a group of scientists that the U.S. Constitution does not protect their right to engage in experim ental research and th e re fore governm ents are free to reg u late such controversial projects as recom binant DNA research.
Critics say research on recombin ant DNA could pose biological hazards.Prof. Harold P. Green told the American Association for the Advancement of Science that local, state and national govern m ents are free to pass laws regulating it without having to prove the constitutionality of the laws.
The discussion was part of a day long session, dealing with scientific freedom and responsibility, at the 143rd annual meeting of the AAAS.
DNA--deoxyribonucleic ac id -is the basic chemical of heredity.Recombinant DNA research in volves the new technology of a rtific ia lly tr a n s f e rr in g genetic m aterial from one species to anoth er and recombining it to produce new inherited traits.Some argue that it can be beneficial, such as in correcting genetic errors or producing new drugs.Critics say new and virulent forms of life could be created and perhaps escape to the community.There have been a num ber of efforts around the country by com m u n ity o rg a n iz a tio n s and states to regulate recombinant DNA research, most notably by Cambridge, M ass., in the case of Harvard Univeristy.
New York Sate will consider such laws and a U.S. Senate hearing will be held soon.
G reen, of the National Law Center at George W ashington University, has been closely invol ved in the national recombinant DNA debate and is an adviser to the National Institutes of Health, which has issued guidelines for the research.
Green said that constitutionally the right of scientific inquiry can have no g reater protection than freedom of speech, and that the c ritic a l d istin c tio n is b etw e en speech and action.
" Surely a scientist has the freedom to think, to do calcula tions, to write, to speak and to publish," he explained.
" W hen, however, the scientist leaves the area of such abstractions and turns to experim entation, he moves within the range of action that may enjoy only some, or perhaps very little or no, constitu tional protection." " Speech em anating from the vocal cords is generally fully pro tected, but amplified speech is not; one is constitutionally protected in cursing the flag or a draft card, but he is not protected when he rips or tears it..."

O-C Housing meeting tonight by Joan Fremeau Staff Reporter
The Housing Office will hold m eetings for students interested in moving off cam pus, starting to night, announced D arlene Palma, associate director of Off-Campus Housing.Tonight's m eeting will be held at 7 pm in L aFortune's little theater.
The housing office recently sent a letter to all sophomores and juniors explaining the purpose of the meetings, according to Palma." Housing wants to inform all interested students of w hat they are getting into before they decide to move off cam pus," she explain ed.
The m eetings will cover im portant issues of off-campus living, as well as discuss the office's services." We will also distribute lists of available housing ton ig h t," she noted.
Subjects to be discussed tonight will include sum m er storage, crime statistics, the student directory, and communication with campus.H o u sin g r e p r e s e n ta tiv e s will advise students of available sum m er storage facilities." We will also caution them of high crime areas and discuss crime preven tion," Palma said.
" A problem last fall concerned addresses and phone num bers printed in the directory," she continued." We intend this year to ask off-campus students to sign special cards, indicating w hether or not they wish their addresses or phone num bers printed in the directory." One of the biggest com plaints of off-campus students is th e lack of communication concerning campus activities.This problem , as well as the differences betw een living on and off campus, will also be co v e red at to n ig h t's m e e tin g , Palma added.
Finally, the office will offer its services.
" W e keep lists of available housing, and keep re cords of crime rep o rts," Palma said." It is im portant to know the circum stances of a robbery as well as the area w here it occurred." The office ediates problems betw een landlords and students, such as contract or security deposit d isag reem en ts..The m eetings " will give students an idea of w hat to consider before moving off cam pus, such as their responsibilities in dealing with landlords and signing contracts, anticipating costs, and choosing housem ates," Palma concluded.
The housing office advises all students intending to move off cam pus to return their housing c a rd s , m a rk in g " o ff-c a m p u s" instead of a dorm.
" By doing th is ," Palma noted, " students will receive their $50 room deposit before they return next sem ester." Housing m eetings will also be held Tuesday, March 1 and T hurs day, March 24.

by Dave O'Keefe Staff Reporter
Christian sexuality at Notre Dame was the topic of discussion at y esterday's SLC m eeting, which was attended by several guests invited by chairm an Mike Casey to participate in the hour-and-a-halflong brainstorm ing session.
After considering the question, " If you had a son or daughter coming to Notre Dame, w hat would you do to provide them the opti mum growth in personal m aturity and sexual developm ent?" , council m em bers and guests broke into small groups and discussed their individual answers.
The rem ainder of the meeting was taken up by a discussion of conclusions reached by groups and m em bers.
Casey offered the idea of institut ing an academic or curricular program designed to acquaint freshm en with the issues of human sexuality.
Fr. Jam es Shilts agreed with the idea of a program acquainting students with these issues, pos sibly in each dorm.
" It is the responsibility of the University adm inistration," ex plained Shilts, " especially those involved in student life, and to some extent the faculty, to encour age and provide opportunities for students to discuss th e issues of hum an sexuality, which they are normally hesitant to discuss openly and spontaneously." Fr. Bill Toohey, director of Campus M inistry, called for a policy statem ent by th e University articulating its position on sexuality with respect to hum an develop m ent and personal growth.Toohey went on to explain th at such a statem ent would be valuable in that it would provide a formalized standard against which such issues may be judged and evaluated in the future.
The most extended and striking rem arks came from Dr. Jam es Brogle, who spoke from his posi tion as a clinical psychologist working in Psychological Services.
" We m ust overcome the nega tive, im m ature attitudes about h e te ro s e x u a l r e la tio n s h ip s and dating here at Notre D am e," Brogle said.
Brogle felt th a t the establish m ent of emotional security and a sense of identity in students has been neglected in th e past.He feels th at this area should be as equally compelling as the committ m ent to academic, spiritual and physical developm ent on the part of educators.
Brogle w ent on to explain that, in his opinion, co-ed dorms were the ideal vehicle for th e achievem ent of this end, but th a t they remain untried at Notre Dame because of the connotations of promiscuity customarily attached to the issue.

O'Neil meets with HPC
[continued from page 1] date as a responsibility." Paczesny said th at a bigger priority for the University is to increase the social space within each dorm.He said he encouraged suggestions from the student body on how to accomplish this.
A nother issue at last nig h t's HPC meeting was a discussion of the usefulness of the recent Round Table m eetings.In Round Table m eetings, section leaders from different halls m eet and discuss common problem s.
Reporting on the last Round Table m eeting, Chris Bogan, pres-ident of Howard, said, " I seriously doubt w hether these m eetings have any v alu e." Bogan said there was poor atten dance at the last m eeting.He also said the HPC had expected more input from the section leaders.
Bogan added th a t most section leaders liked the idea of the Round Table m eetings.He suggested the m eetings continue for this reason.
" The response from the section leaders has been good," Bogan said." Their interaction is g reat for their own purpose, but not for the H PC's purp o ses."NOTICES why pay $10.00 for personalized, astrological birth charts from im personal com puters?detailed, typed profiles $5.00 call pat -7339.g re y h o u n d bus to C hicago le a v e s m a in c irc le e v e r y f r id a y a t 5 :45 pm.
call to m a t 8338 fo r r e s e r v a tio n s a n d f u r th e r info.Though the ideal of the wellrounded student-athlete is always stressed by the NCAA on its promotional spots, individuals that approach this ideal are th e excep tion rath er than th e rule in the present intercollegiate athletic pic ture.
Notre Dame basketball player Bruce Flowers is one of those few players who approach th a t ideal.
For the purposes of this article, th e student portion of th e studentathlete will consist of all those contributions m ade to the univer sity outside the realm of athletics.Flowers is a student in th e sense th a t he makes noteworthy contribu tions in both the academic and the social areas.
Socially, the 6-8 sophomore is an integral part of the " ghetto" section on the second floor of Dillon Hall.This despite the fact that his com m itm ent to the gam e of basket ball consumes the major portion of his tim e.In the constant banter among room m ates.Flowers is not unlike any other student: h e 'll deal out some good-natured abused and h e 'll re c e iv e som e sim ila rly hum ored grief.
A ca d em ica lly , F lo w ers is presently enrolled in the College of Business Administration with the intent of majoring in accounting, one of the most highly regarded disciplines at this university.Flowers says, " I am not sure how far I w ant to go in accounting, but I, am definitely sure that I w ant to own my own business someday.I w ant som ething that is mine so that I can work for it and I'll make it or break it on my own.T hat's ju st the type of guy I am ." Even with these other aspects of his life, most of Flowers' life, for th e present anyway, is directed tow ards the gam e of basketball." W hen I was growing up I didn't really have any idols.I ju st like playing the gam e for the love of the gam e.There was a playground across from my home w here the high school stars used to come and play.I played there from the tim e I w as in e ig h th g r a d e ," say s Flowers.
" In high school, I would play twelve m onths of the year.
In season I usually played seven days a week: five days on the school team and two days in a league in Detroit.' ' Now for the Irish, Flowers is one of the m em bers of the top rebound ing front lines in collegiate basket ball.Commenting on this fact, the articulate forward stated, " I think we are probably the m ost disci plined front line in the country.We are tall enough, averaging 6-8 or so, and we are a sm art front line.We do all of the little things, such as boxing out, right and th at just gives us an advantage over the less disciplined te am s." The nickname " B utcher" is e m b la z o n e d on th e back of Flow ers' warm-up and he related the following story about the acquisition of the name: " Last year Dave Huffman and I had a team in th e Bookstore basketball tourney and our team was named the Butcher B rothers.I had the num ber 96 on my jersey because th at was th e num ber of fouls th a t I had in my freshm an season.So, this season when they w ere looking for nicknames to p ut on the back of our warm -ups " B utcher" was the only one I could come up with.I really don't like it and I hope to change it next y ear." Fouls have been a major source of trouble for Flowers in his first two cam paigns and he hopes to improve in this area." Fouling has been one of my major w eaknesses and a reason th at I'm so often in foul trouble is th a t I have yet to learn to adjust to the referees.Out w est the refs let more go, they allow an aggressive gam e.In the E ast, th e refs will call even the hand check.
Each ref has a different style th a t I'll have to adjust to.I don't think th at this is right because with a good referee you won't even know th a t h e's there.But I'll still have to learn to adjust." O ther changes th at Flowers would like to make in his gam e have to do with his outside shooting and his free throw shooting." My free throw shooting has been slowly improving and right now my free throw percentage is finally above 60 percent.If I'm going to play pro, which is som ething th at I would like to try to do, I'm also going to have to improve my outside shooting because right now th e bulk of my gam e consists of layups and tip-ins that occur around the hoop." As for the rest of the season, the goal is th a t NCAA tournam ent bid, which is still to be decided.

Hockey playoff t
W hile still not a certainty, the possibility exists th a t Notre Dame will host some 1977 WCHA play-off gam es.Tickets for any gam es th at the Irish may host will go on sale beginning Tuesday, M ar. 1.
The quarterfinal series would be played on W ednesday, M ar. 9 and Thursday, M ar.10.The semifinal series would be played on Satur day, M ar.10.The semifinal series would be played on Saturday, Mar. 12 and Sunday, M ar. 13.The final series would be played on W ednes day, M ar.16 and Thursday, M ar.17.Face-off tim e for all six gam es would be at 7:30 p.m .Tickets for each contest are $2 apiece for students and $3 apiece for the public.These are the lowest prices allowed by the WCHA.If Notre Dame does not host the quarterfinals, semifinals and or finals, tickets for unplayed gam es can be refuned by presenting them or mailing them to the Ticket Office of th e ACC.

NCAA Bid
A DiffiCUlt TSSk A NCAA bid.It's a simple enough goal, b u t it's a pretty difficult one to achieve.If you don't think so, ask Digger Phelps and his Notre Dame basketball team.
The Irish opened the season by shocking the world, winning their first seven straight including road victories over M aryland and UCLA.The bid seem ed to be a sure thing.They then lost their next four in a row, and the NCAA Tournam ent picture looked bleak.Then after splitting two gam es, the Irish righted them selves and won their next nine gam es, the Irish righted them selves and won their next nine gam es to bring their season mark to 17-5.
Nine wins in a row.A NCAA bid seem ed assured.Then, disaster -in the form of W est Virginia.Totally dom inated by th e M ountaineers, Notre Dame saw their winning streak and their certain bid go by the boards.
Phelps believes his team is still in good shape to receive a bid.Three gam es rem ain before the NCAA issues its bids -Loyola, LaSalle and San Francisco.The San Francisco gam e is on M arch 5, bids are given out on M arch 6.
But to Phelps, San Francisco is not the key gam e in term s of obtaining a bid -not yet anyway.As he points out, it wouldn't im press the NCAA selection com mittee much if Notre Dame beats th e Dons after th ey 've lost to either Loyola or LaSalle.
It's shaping up to be another big week for the Irish cagers, much like a couple of weeks ago when they faced Holy Cross and South Carolina.But this week is bigger, ju st for the simple reason th at there aren 't many more tomorrows for the Irish.A loss to either Loyola tonight or LaSalle Saturday will alm ost certainly kill w hatever chance they have or receiving the bid they've worked wo hard to get.At the beginning of the season Loyala and LaSalle didn't figure to be key gam es, they do now.
Why the concern?W ho's Loyala and LaSalle to be worried about?Well, they're like most other team s in the nation th at look at their gam e with the Irish as a one-game season.Nothing can put a school on the map faster than an upset win, especially an upset win over Notre Dame.
Loyala and LaSalle will be ready to play w hen they invade the ACC, and they hope that they can catch the Irish looking ahead to San Francisco and a NCAA bid.
W ith so much riding on these contests it's doubtful th at "Phelps' squad will be caught down, but stranger things have happened.Ju st as A1 McGuire about last week, as well as 11 other top 20 coaches who all saw their team s taste defeat.

ND Bengal Bouts approach
by M onte Towle out with the boxers since the Sports W riter middle of F ebruary." Additional training help has The boxing highlight of the year been contributed by some of the for Notre Dame students and veteran boxers them selves as they residents of the M ichiana area help to prepare the more inexpercommences this coming Sunday " ienced fighters.One such person is with the opening of the Bengal senior Phil H arbert, a two-tjme Bouts at the Athletic and Convoca-champion and president of the tion Center.This year's boxing Notre Dame Boxing Club, tourney is its 47th since its incep-" Training has been held, on a tion in 1931 and provides highly daily basis since the beginning of competitive m atches for Notre the sem ester," H arbert stated.Dame students.
Second round " We do calisthenics for about 35 action will be March 6 with the m inutes and then do alot of championship bouts slated for running.
In the last couple of M arch 8. weeks, th ere has been more ring The 1976 Bengal Bouts w ere the tactics tau g h t which include the most successful in its history with throwing of punchs and setting up more than $17,000 being raised for d efen ses."Catholic m issionaries working for Besides H arbert, there will be Christ in Bangladesh.This total four other returning and former marked a doubling over the am ount champions who will be taking to the raised in 1975 and establishes a ring in this y ear's Bengal Bouts, goal for this y ear's bouts.
A record num ber of participants will be including the field with close to 100 boxers expected.Included in this total will be about 40 novices who reported for train ing in Septem ber while the vete rans began organized training fol lowing Christm as break.
" The boxers have been coming along fine and will be in The list includes Joe Cooler, Jim Quinn and Pat Concannon from 1976 and M att M cGrath who cap tured one of th e crowns two years ago.They will all find the going even tougher this year as they are ju st a few of the good fighters who will be distributed among the 16 w eight classes." A num ber of the novice boxers have looked really tough in practice sessions," Suddes cautioned." They should prove to be quite com petitive." It is the com petitive spirit of the Bengal Bouts which continues to draw thousands of area boxing fans to the ACC to see this sports spectacle which has become a traditional late w inter highlight.And the spirit once again becomes a reality as close to 50 bouts will mark th e end of this Sunday's bouts.
does not feel compelled to accomo-[continued on page 7] Dillon Hall residents, dressed in the " early Roman lo o k /' entertained students in the South Dining Hall as well as many others with their annual m asquerade.[Photo by Jim Hofman] NJcManus, Bishop of this diocese, M ary Elizabeth Tidball, who has conducted research on the success of w om en's college graduates, and M argaret Hillis, the director of the Chicago Symphony Choir.One other recipient has been approved, b ut is awaiting confirmation.A program for a new library was also discussed by th e board, b ut a proposal will not be subm itted until the May board m eeting." We have to get a definition of space needed and how to use it first," said Duggan.The board authorized President Duggan to com plete negotiations with the University of Notre Dame for the establishm ent of a cooperative engineering program betw een the two institutions.Duggan presented the plans for a potential sophomore year of study at St. Patrick's College, Maynooth, Ireland, to the board." It will be an experim ental y ea r," explained D uggan, "w ith a lim ited num ber of studehts from St. M ary's and Notre Dame.If it is successful, we will consider an enlarged program ."[continued on page 2] M arti Hogan was elected Editorin Chief of the Notre Dame-Saint M ary's Observer last night by a majority vote of the editorial board and night editors.Hogan, a St. M ary's junior English major from Yardley, Penn sylvania, is the first woman and St. M ary's student to be elected to the position of Observer Editor-in-Chief.She will assum e the position March 22. 1977.Hogan expects to b etter the communications betw een Notre Dame and St. M ary's in the coming year.She hopes to unify the departm ents within the new spaper and b etter the p ap e r's " rapport with the stu d en ts." Hogan said th at she is open to suggestions from students from both Notre Dame and St. M ary's as to how to better the Observer next year.She can be contacted either at the Observer Office or at her home phone num ber (4) 4687 if anyone has suggestions to offer.am -lecture, " th e land of Israel in jew ish th e o lo g y ," by m ichael w yschogrod, sponsored by th e c e n te r for th e study of judaism an d Christianity, rare book room, -blood drive, for all stu d e n ts who w ish to p articip ate, infirmary 12:15 pm-seminar, " d e la y e d hypersensitivity an d cell-m ediated im m u n ity ," by sam uel b. salvin, spon so red by th e m icrobiology d e p t., ga|vin aud.12:15 pm-m ass,fa th e r griffin, lafortune ballroom 3:30 pm-lecture, " c a rte r, keynes an d marx: th e political and econom ic p rospects for th e rem ain d er of th e 1 9 7 0 's", by dr.leonard rapping, sponsored by dep t, of econom ics, hayes-healy aud., room 122 5 ;15 pm -m ass, for all th e w orld h u n g er coalition faste rs, everyone w elcom e, walsh chapel 6 :45 pm -m eeting, al-anon, fellow ship for frien d s an d fam ily of th o se with a drinking p ro b lem ,memorial library, room 400 7 pm -workshop, inform ation w orkshop, spon so red by th e stu d e n t affairs, lem ans, executive board room 7:30 pm -american scen e se r ie s,"ro m a n tic love an d th e theology of m a rria g e " , by rosem ary haug h to n , british th eo lo gian, carroll hall 8 pm -philosophy perspectives series, by m u rray m urphey, sponsored by th e d ep t, of philosophy, galvin aud.8 pm -lectu re,"m y forty-five y ears in r u s s ia " , by dr.victor herm an , sponsored by soviet an d e a ste rn euro p ean stu d ies, library, room 1201 8 pm -basketball, loyola a t nd, acc 8:15 pm -concert, william cerny, piano, sp o n so red by m usic d e p t , library aud.9-11 pm -nazz,john steinm an and bell boris, nazz, fre e adm ission ____________________ Nominations open March 7 for St. Mary's SB President Paula Carroll She cited Student G overnm ent's increase in activities, in publicizing their activities and in student f %The Observer' Night Editor: John C alcutt A sst. Night Editor: F rank (Go For th e M ax) K ebe Editorial Layout: C hris Sm ith Sports Layout: Paul S teven son Typists: Nancy C ueroni, K athy E g b ert, A nne G iere, • M arian n e Corr Night Controller: D onald Roos Day Editor: C hris D atzm an Copy Reader: K atie K erw in Special thanks to Cathy Nolan, ^saving grace of the evening.J The O bserver is published M onday through Friday and weekly during the sum m er session, except during the exam and vacation periods.The O bserver is published by students of the University of Notre D am e and St M ary's.College.Subscriptions may be purchased for $20 per year ($10 per sem ester) from The O b s e r-, ver.Box Q, Notre D am e, Indiana 46556 Second class postage paid, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556 Also in the article, Chris McCabe was incorrectly titled Student Un ion Concert Commissioner.McCabe is Student Union Ticket m anager.
4! AC C BOX OFFICE ROBERTSON S SOUTH BEND a n a CONCORD M4U.ST JOE B4NK 8,411 BR4NCHES.FIRST WNK -M4IN BR4NCH ONLY.THE ELKWR1 TRUTH.NOTRE CKME STUDENT UNION TICKET OFFICE.BOOGIE RECORDS JUST FOR THE RECORD.SUSPENDED CORO In EIKH4R1 & GOSHEN and THE RECORD JOINT in NIIES newspaper serving notre dame and st.many's The Observer is published by stu d e n ts of the U niversity of N otre D am e and St. M a ry 's College.It does not necessarily reflect th e policies of eith er institution.The new s is rep o rted as accurately and as objectively as possible.Editorials rep rese n t the opinion of a m ajority of th e E ditorial Board.C om m entaries, opinions and letters are th e views of th eir au th ors.Column space is available to all m em bers of th e com m unity, and letters a re encouraged to prom ote th e free expression of varying opinions on cam pus Carter.I thought you would be pleased to hear that Harry and I are no longer living in sin.When I mentioned your views on the subject, Harry too off..." neither Hohman or Bartlett has any previous experi ence in either Student Government or the Student Life Council, B art lett said, " It's pretty obvious that at a school like Notre Dame you can only g et a few things done anyway.So instead of spreading ourselves too thin, w e're going to concentrate on a few projects."tion of these ideals is relegated to some non-specific tim e in the fu tu re ."In keeping to the goal of pro fessionalism and efficiency, Hardy feels the m ost im portant step is to establish an Interpersonal Develop m ent Organization.This would be com posed of the Student Life C o u n cil, a H u m an S ex u ality Council and Minority Concerns Council.The H um an Sexuality Council will " address itself to the im provem ent of m ale and female relations and problem s of coeduca tio n ."" This would be the m ost impor ta n t change in Student Govern m en t," Hardy com m ented about th e in te r p e r s o n a l d e v e lo p m e n t program .Also the Hardy-M clver platform calls for th e im plem entation of a Hall R epresentatives Council to work in conjunction with the Hall P resid en t's Council (HPC).The group would have the power to pass resolutions and to discuss im portant issues facing the Uni versity." We w ant to encourage more participation by stu d e n ts," Hardy said.This R epresentatives Council, presided over by the student body vice-president, would have rep re sentation from each section in all cam pus dormitories, totaling ap proximately 121 students.The group would be nam ed the Student Body Congress, making them an overall legislative body.Other ideas supported by Hardy and M clver are more involvement by students in legal aid and volunteer program s, sem ester ex change program s with other uni versities and helping students to b ec o m e m o re in v o lv e d w ith problem s of social justice, the Third W orld, violence and poverty.H ardy also m entioned the need for more adequate social space in dorm itories and for program s to " improve the quality of interaction betw een stu d e n ts." " Don't let Student Governm ent becom e an end to itself," Hardy w arned." Let's make it a vehicle of love, understanding and the search for knowledge and tru th ."Mooney [continued from page 3] plained." W e have a couple more people to talk to ."So the first step for Mooney and M orrison will be com pleted tonight before the candidate forum at Zahm. " To be h o n est," Morrison said, " we w ant to make ourselves the best candidates.And this is secondary to winning th e election at this p o in t." b ro a d ra n g e o f p ro g ra m s p ro v id e s an u m b re lla of te s t in g k n o w -h o w th a t e n a b le s us to o tte r th e b e s t p r e p a ra tio n a v a ila b le , n o m a tte r w h ic h c o u rs e is ta k e n .Over 38 years of experience and success.Small classes.Voluminous home study materials.C ourses that are constantly up dated.Permanent centers open days & w eekends all year.Complete tape facilities for review of class lessons and for use of supplementary materials.Make-ups for missed les sons at our centers.ASK ABOUT OUR COMPACT COURSES 2050 W. Devon Chicago, III.60645 (312) 764 5151 -H KAPLAN E D U C A TIO N A L CENTER Outside NY State Only c rats, D ale B u m p ers of Arkansas, Adlai Stevenson of Illi nois and Robert Morgan of North Carolina, and independent Harry F. Byrd Jr. of Virginia used the budget debate to express their own opposition.
2 billion, as recom m ended by the Senate Budget Committee.The House is expected to vote today on a similar figure, 417.3 billion.Although the House W ays and M eans Committee already has approved the basics of the $50-perperson rebate proposed by C arter, the 38 Senate Republicans and several Democratic senators are openly opposed to it.Three of the weak economy.
several gu ests discussed Christian sexuality yesterday.[Photo by Jim Hofman] Flowers says, " I think th at the Bruce Flowers has played an integral part in Notre D am e's su ccess this season.possibility of us getting a bid hinges upon the San Francisco gam e. T hat is our season right there.The Dons know th at they are going to get a bid and we don't.We should have all the incentive in th at match.I'm sure th at the Notre Dame fans will really be up for that gam e and th at could really shake [Photo by Kevin W alsh] up San Francisco because they have yet to play in a place like the ACC."If Bruce Flowers has any say in the outcome of th at contest, th e Irish should be able to put it on the winning side of the ledger.And, it will be yet another contribu tion th a t he has m ade to the Notre Dame community.
Students are lim ited to one tickets apiece for their personal use.A student m ust present his ID at tim e of purchase.A student may present four ID s for four tickets.Students should bring separate checks, one for each series, paya ble to University of Notre Dame.Student season ticket holders will have first priority in purchas ing play-off tickets.Students who present the face of their season couple book with their ID card on Tuesday, M ar. 1 from 9 a.m .-5 p.m .at the ticket windows on the second floor of the ACC will receive tickets in Sec. 8.All other Notre Dame and St. M ary's students may purchase play-off tickets beginning W ednes day, M ar. 2 from 9 a.m .to 5 p.m .at the Gate Ten ticket window of the ACC.Sale will last until the ticket supply is exhausted.
great shape for the fig h ts," Tom Suddes explained.Suddes has been help ing to train the boxers along with others such as Terry Johnson, R o la n d Cham blee and Dr. Charles Rice.These four have all contri buted their efforts during the absence of Tournam ent Director D om inick " N a p p y " N ap o litan o who has been recovering from open heart surgery.It's Nappy who gets most of the credit for the long time growth of the Bengal Bouts."Nappy has been the guy that has kept the bouts going, especially over the last 25 y ea rs," explains Rich H unter, who has been in charge of th is y ear's promotions." His duties have been limited thisThe forty-seventh annual Bengal Bouts will start this Sunday at the year although he has been helpingACC.[Photoby Chris Smith]

continued on page 5] Lew by Katie Kerwin Senior Staff Reporter Tim
" W e've talked to Gassm an (the current Student Body President) a b o u t th e s tu d e n t's n e e d s ," Lew is basing his cam paign for Student Body President (SBP) on the idea that we m ust continually re-evaluate our institutions and not be afraid to change them to suit the needs of the students."Weneedtoask, 'W hat do we expect Student Government to do Lew said he believes the SBP should be more of a representative of the students, coordinating the concerns of other student organiza tions and channeling their efforts.He added that the SBP shouldn't use his power only to im plem ent his own ideas.He em phasized that he is not promising to institute any particular program."There is such a potential for j democracy here.W hat we need is a democratic revolution,"!Lew stated.He explained that this kind of revolution does not involve an overthrow of the system , but rather necessitates a critical look at its purpose, role, base of support and capabilities.Lack of student interest in and identification with Student Govern ment is a serious w eakness of the institution now.Lew delcared.[continuedon page 5)

the rule's exception by Tony Pace Sports Writer
i need 1 lasalle fix.dave 6864.mr.callisto, this is no time to joke, if they are here, it's curtains for you.m ar i an a am trak chris...i'd derail for you anytime.h ere's to those long thursday nights and sleep filled firday mornings, we almost gave you a spittoon and a dustcloth, but chose a lock for the cupboard instead!happy b day.225 X Flowers: